Norfolk Highlands Primary School, Chesapeake, VA

Norfolk Highlands Primary School phone & website

Phone: (757) 578-7092
Principal: Roxanne F. Colby
Address: 1115 Myrtle Avenue, Chesapeake, VA 23325

Score breakdown

Compared against all 1,074 Virginia public elementary schools. 1–4 is below the state average, 5–6 around it, 7–10 above it.

5.1 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 72.0% across all subjects — 46th percentile statewide.

3.1 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 12.9% — better attendance than 23% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 4.5 for 2025–26, compared with 6.1 for 2024–25 — down 1.6.

Test scores by subject

Percent of students passing Virginia SOL tests, 2025–26.

This school Virginia average

Grade 3 Mathematics

73%state 74%

Grade 3 English Reading

71%state 68%

Source: Virginia Department of Education, School Quality Profiles — SOL pass rates, 2025–26.

Norfolk Highlands Primary School & its school zone

Norfolk Highlands Primary School is a public elementary school in Chesapeake, VA 23325, part of Chesapeake Public Schools. Buyers searching homes for sale near Norfolk Highlands Primary School are shopping this Chesapeake school zone, one of the areas families compare when weighing Chesapeake elementary school zones. On the VaHome School Score the school earns 4.5/10 — around the state average among Virginia's 1,074 public elementary schools, based on Virginia Department of Education data for 2025–26. That is down from 6.1 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 72.0%. Chronic absenteeism is 12.9%, compared with the 9.0% state median for elementary schools.

For house hunters comparing Chesapeake school zones, the listings on this page show active REIN MLS homes near Norfolk Highlands Primary School. School zoning and attendance boundaries can change between school years — always verify a specific address's assignment directly with Chesapeake Public Schools before making a housing decision based on school zone.

How the VaHome School Score works

Test scores (50%): the school's SOL pass rate across all subjects, ranked against every Virginia public school of the same level.
Academic progress (30%): Virginia's growth rates — the share of students who showed year-over-year growth in English reading and in math — ranked statewide.
Attendance (20%): chronic absenteeism, ranked statewide (lower is better).
What changed for 2025–26: Virginia retired the accreditation “combined rate” we used for academic progress in 2024–25, so progress now uses the state's student growth rates. Virginia publishes no growth measure for high schools, so their 20% now goes to attendance. The year-over-year comparison at the top uses the score we published for 2024–25; part of a school's change can come from this method update.
The weighted statewide percentile maps to a score from 1.0 to 10.0: score = 1 + 9 × percentile. 1–4 is below the state average, 5–6 around it, 7–10 above it.
Every input is public data from the Virginia Department of Education, refreshed each school year. No opinions, no black box — you can check our math.

Data: Virginia Department of Education School Quality Profiles (2025–26) · NCES. VaHome is not affiliated with VDOE, NCES, or GreatSchools.

At a glance

School district: Chesapeake City Public Schools
Grades served: PK-3
School type: Public
Enrollment: 303 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio: 13:1
Classroom teachers: 22.8 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510081000302

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026

Reading

71%

Mathematics

73%

Attendance

2025-2026

12.9% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Norfolk Highlands Primary School

Norfolk Highlands Primary School is a public primary school in Chesapeake, Virginia, serving students in preschool through grade 3 as part of Chesapeake City Public Schools. It is located at 1115 Myrtle Avenue in the Norfolk Highlands neighborhood in the northern part of the city, near the South Norfolk area of Chesapeake.

Under Chesapeake's grade-band model, the school functions as a primary school (PK-3), after which students continue to an intermediate/elementary school for the upper elementary grades. As of the 2024-2025 school year it enrolled 294 students. The school is led by principal Roxanne F. Colby and was rated Fully Accredited by the Virginia Department of Education for 2025-2026.

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data - Norfolk Highlands Primary ↗ — NCES School ID, district, address, phone, grades, locale, total enrollment, FTE teachers, student/teacher ratio, race/ethnicity counts, free-lunch eligibility2024-2025
Virginia School Quality Profiles - Norfolk Highlands Primary ↗ — Accreditation status, SOL pass rates (reading, math), demographics (economically disadvantaged, English learners, students with disabilities, race/ethnicity %), chronic absenteeism, principal name, fall membership (enrollment)SOL, attendance & enrollment 2025-2026; accreditation SY2025-2026
Chesapeake Public Schools - Norfolk Highlands Primary official site ↗ — Official website URL and district affiliation (page body truncated on fetch; office hours/mascot/colors not extractable)2026

Figures reflect the 2025-2026 (Virginia DOE SOL, attendance, enrollment); 2024-2025 (NCES staffing); accreditation SY2025-2026 unless noted. School zoning, boundaries, and ratings change — verify with the school division before making housing decisions.

Norfolk Highlands Primary School